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Hit a new low weight on my diet crossing another double digit mark. Its only a few fractions of a pound below my last low, but still nice to see the double digits roll down.
I cant help but feel my progress is a bit too slow though. Ive lost about 16 lbs in 2 months and i feel the pacing could be much greater.
I suppose it depends on who you ask. I think at lower weigbts 2 lbs a week is quite normal. But at my weight id expect a higher pace.
When you think in terms of percentages at least. Then again ive never seen medical advice at any weight suggesting more than 2 lbs a week is normal.
In the past i either wasnt loosing weight or loosing it very fast. This is the first time, with the help of semaglutide, i was able to loose weight at all at a moderate pace. Maybe this is a good thing.
I havent really laid into enough exercise yet either so i suppose its pretty good for diet alone.
Good to know about the loose skin. Its not a huge worry for me but still good to know.
@freemo It is not a big deal if one is not into exercise. A very general rule of thumb is that diet is for weight loss while exercise is for health. It takes a great amount of exercise to cause weight loss and dieting is sufficient if one’s only goal is to lose weight. My “2 lbs/week” was very much an average. Some weeks I’d lose more and other weeks less (those .8 lbs weeks are killers!) but that’s more or less what my average loss worked out to.
I usually loose at at least twice this rate in the past.
My estimate with exercise is when exercising an hour every day, higb intensity, weight loss would increase by about 30%.
@freemo I doubt that my heart, let alone my sanity, would ever have withstood daily hour long high intensity exercise. 😬 Sedentary is my middle name.
Haha i can relate to that. It was unusal i was so active. But managed to maibtain it for periods. Now that im a scuba diver if i have access to water thsts really the only way i can do that.
Side not, if you havent already you might want to get your testosterone levels checks. Having low t tends to lead to be sedentary more. I also find the testosterone therapy to be quite effective for me.
@freemo 16 lbs in 2 months seems to me to be right where you want to be. = more or less 2lbs per week which I understand maximizes weight loss while avoiding loose skin. As far as I know you can always work to lose weight through diet but loose skin can only be lost through surgery. I’ve had years (decades) of weight loss (and always subsequent re-gain)experience and when dieting have lost on average 100-125 lbs over a year per each effort and never experienced loose skin.